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at the start of HBO Rome Vorenus is a common centurion, by the end of the series he's one of Antony's inner circle in Alexandria. is it plausible that a Roman soldier could rise that much from common origins?	118
suppose you're a child in Rome in AD 300 and you ask someone educated (like a teacher say) who Mark Antony was what was his significance to Roman history was. What do you think they'd say (assuming they actually gave candid answer)?	117
imagine a normal British Celtic farmer in 77BCE, imagine a normal English Saxon farmer in AD1059. aside from things relating to religion how would their daily lives likely be different?	116
in TV and film the Germani corporis custodies are always depicted with Germanic armour and weapons, and as having much less discipline than the Roman troops. Is that what they would have been like, or is that just stereotypes at work?	116
In the second world war what determined if you became an officer or not when you got the call up?	115
if you visited the great plains in 1700 would you expect to find most of the natives hunting bison on foot or on horse back?	115
After the Romans left in AD410 when would be the next time there would be a full time professional army on the British Isles?	115
In the final third of the 11th century in England, how socially acceptable was it for Norman men to marry Saxon women?	114
I remember once being told that there were political slogans, on the walls of pompeii, for people who wanted win elections for positions in city government. in AD 79 would such elections have been rigged or not? when (if ever) did Rome stop holding public election altogether?	114
Can you think of a culture that existed 1000 years ago, anywhere on the planet, where people (at least most people) didn't believe in corporal punishment as an element of good parenting?	113

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